Gordonville Alabama Map

About Gordonville, Alabama

Gordonville is a locality in Lowndes County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 245. The population density is 17.1 people per km². Gordonville is located at 32.1592°N, 86.7042°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gordonville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 36040.

Gordonville stretches across the low, humid expanses of the Black Belt, where the red-clay soil clings to the roots of longleaf pine and bottomland hardwood. It lies 25.1 miles southeast of Selma, AL (from Selma, AL: bearing 135°T), and is situated 28.5 miles west-southwest of Montgomery. The horizon remains wide and uncomplicated, broken only by the distant, hazy silhouette of Mount Baber rising six miles to the west. A mile from the center of the settlement, the sluggish waters of Kellys Ditch carve a narrow path through the silt, while two miles out, the quiet surface of Russells Pond reflects the heavy, golden light of late afternoon. The air here holds a dense, lingering warmth, carrying the scent of damp earth and pine resin across the flat fields that define the immediate geography.

Gordonville exists as a quiet testament to the cycles of agricultural life, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of the day. The local economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, with the legacies of plantation history and the hard-won progress of the civil-rights movement etched into the collective memory of those who work the land. Beyond the immediate fields, the Lowndes Wildlife Management Area, located eight miles away, preserves the wilder character of the region, offering a sanctuary for the flora and fauna that thrive in this humid, inland climate. Life in Gordonville moves with a deliberate gravity, anchored by the resilience of the people and the persistent, quiet endurance of the landscape itself.

About This Gordonville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gordonville, Alabama. Coordinates: 32.159179, -86.704235. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Gordonville includes the ZIP code (36040), telephone area code (334, 251), county seat of Lowndes County (Hayneville), and school district assignment (Lowndes County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.